Col. Michael E. Cordero, comptroller for Regional Command Southwest, speaks with Brig. Gen. Ghulam Farouq Parwani, deputy commander of the Afghan National Army’s 215th Corps, during a meeting at the Afghans’ headquarters at Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Sept. 17. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss how to fix pay problems existing within the 215th Corps. - Col. Michael E. Cordero, comptroller for Regional Command Southwest, speaks with Brig. Gen. Ghulam Farouq Parwani, deputy commander of the Afghan National Army’s 215th Corps, during a meeting at the Afghans’ headquarters at Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Sept. 17. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss how to fix pay problems existing within the 215th Corps.

Afghan National Security Forces communications officers share a laugh after a communications shura, or meeting, between senior ANSF and coalition communications officers at Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, Sept. 21. The shura marked the first time many of the various elements of the ANSF in Helmand province had met face-to-face at the same time. - Afghan National Security Forces communications officers share a laugh after a communications shura, or meeting, between senior ANSF and coalition communications officers at Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, Sept. 21. The shura marked the first time many of the various elements of the ANSF in Helmand province had met face-to-face at the same time.

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110808-N-SY711-009 CAMP LEATHERNECK, Helmand province (August 7, 2011) David Dellarosa, a forensic firearms examiner at the Joint Expeditionary Forensics Facility, shows Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan, commanding general of Regional Command Southwest, a captured insurgent weapon, August 7, during one of the general's routine visits with the facility. The JEFF exploits various enemy materials recovered from the battlefields in Helmand province, for forensic, intelligence and prosecutorial purposes. (Official U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matt Snodgrass/Released) - 110808-N-SY711-009 CAMP LEATHERNECK, Helmand province (August 7, 2011) David Dellarosa, a forensic firearms examiner at the Joint Expeditionary Forensics Facility, shows Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan, commanding general of Regional Command Southwest, a captured insurgent weapon, August 7, during one of the general's routine visits with the facility. The JEFF exploits various enemy materials recovered from the battlefields in Helmand province, for forensic, intelligence and prosecutorial purposes. (Official U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matt Snodgrass/Released)

Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan (left), commanding general of Regional Command Southwest, and Lt. Gen. Sir Alexander Richard David Shirreff (right), the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander at NATO, discuss recent progress and future operations, September 6, 2011. Shirreff visited Regional Command Southwest, Sept. 5-6, to see what he can do on a strategic level at NATO to help coalition troops in Afghanistan. - Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan (left), commanding general of Regional Command Southwest, and Lt. Gen. Sir Alexander Richard David Shirreff (right), the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander at NATO, discuss recent progress and future operations, September 6, 2011. Shirreff visited Regional Command Southwest, Sept. 5-6, to see what he can do on a strategic level at NATO to help coalition troops in Afghanistan.

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